Arabic

Arabic 2 is an integrated course that helps students gain higher basic proficiency in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), grammar, vocabulary for personal interaction and communication in authentic situations. Themes covered are pertinent to everyday social settings/encounters, such as family, party, food, time and price, holiday and alike. Grammar rules and concepts cover topics such as present tense conjugation, imperative and imperative moods, singular, dual and plural, negation, nominal and verbal sentences, prepositions, etc. This course has a prerequisite of Arabic 1 or students must take a placement test to test into Arabic 2.

This course continues students' education in Arabic and builds on previous coursework, with a prerequisite of one semester of Arabic language study. The course develops skills to differentiate basic structures and short phrases as well as retrieve the root for any Arabic word and ten forms; demonstrate the ability to read short texts and comprehend theme, read aloud with good pronunciation and read correctly with short and long vowels; repeat and write words, phrases from listening material; apply vocabulary, write questions and answers and arrange sentences to write a short story; describe family, relatives, friends, places and favorite topics in short sentences. The course emphasizes a communication-based method of instruction. Students are expected to be active learners, coming to class prepared to activate vocabulary and grammar through group activities. Instead of lecturing, instructors primarily facilitate these communication-based activities and guide student learning.

This course is designed for students to communicate effectively in the Jordanian dialect. The course introduces students to words, expressions, and structures used frequently in everyday life. It also introduces students to the Jordanian culture and how to communicate with locals. The course develops skills to distinguish the fundamental grammatical structure of colloquial Arabic from that of Modern Standard Arabic; express themselves on all aspects of daily life in colloquial dialect, and understand native speakers themselves on these same subjects; recognize different accents of Jordanian colloquial dialect; demonstrate appropriate cultural inferences. The course emphasizes a communication-based method of instruction. Students are expected to be active learners, coming to class prepared to activate vocabulary and grammar through group activities. Instead of lecturing, instructors primarily facilitate these communication-based activities and guide student learning.

This course is designed for students to communicate effectively in the Jordanian dialect. The course introduces students to words, expressions, and structures used frequently in everyday life. It also introduces students to the Jordanian culture and how to communicate with locals. The course develops skills to differentiate the fundamental grammatical structure of colloquial Jordanian Arabic from that of Modern Standard Arabic; describe all aspects of daily life in conversation with native speakers and understand native speakers themselves on these same subjects; recognize different accents of Jordanian colloquial dialect; show appropriate cultural inferences. The course emphasizes a communication-based method of instruction. Students are expected to be active learners, coming to class prepared to activate vocabulary and grammar through group activities. Instead of lecturing, instructors primarily facilitate these communication-based activities and guide student learning.